Toussaint Louverture Quotes

I have taken my flight in the region of eagles; when I alight, it must be on a rock, and that rock must be a constitutional government, of which I shall be the head so long as I shall be among men.

Toussaint Louverture

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: leader
  • Nationality: haitian
  • Birth: May 20, 1743 - April 7, 1803

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Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature.

John Burroughs

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It's hard running as an independent. I wouldn't have won the Senate election if I hadn't been governor. I had credibility. The hard part is getting voters to the point where they think it's thinkable and not a waste of time.

Angus King

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I took acting lessons when I was 19, 20, and I had my writing.

Michael Ironside

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I try to work in the mornings. Usually, I write in my pajamas and slowly assemble myself. I don't get organized and sit down and get dressed. I do the laundry. I drift in and out of writing.

Sue Miller

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One name always stands out when it comes to actors taking on the monsters of our nightmares - Robert Englund. In the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' series, Englund kept us awake as night with a striped shirt and his special glove.

Rob Manuel

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I loved being at the 'Times,' and they were incredibly good to me. I think it's a wonderful paper, and I was really well edited.

Ruth Reichl

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I very often compare relations between states to relations with people. Sometimes we are nicer to those we don't know well, who are not our friends, than we are to our friends, because with our friends we don't need to be nice all the time.

Jose Manuel Barroso

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I was raised in a very religious home with two parents who were deeply involved in the black church. When I was young, I went to a small black AME church in New Jersey.

Cory Booker

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An innovation will get traction only if it helps people get something that they're already doing in their lives done better.

Clayton M. Christensen

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If you really want to be an actress, go to school. I think it's great what people are doing on YouTube, but don't forget to go to class. Have a vision for yourself, but don't forget to do the work.

Bresha Webb

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When you see Obama and Trump shake hands and seem to show respect to one another - that is what we need.

Brad Paisley

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I do the whole 10-event thing, but at the end of the day, it's still track and field.

Ashton Eaton

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